Viterbi offers new minor in innovation and design for global crises 
Global Crisis Minor

Open to all USC majors, students travel the world and collaborate to find solutions to challenging problems. 

Chemical bonds that can lead society to carbon neutrality
Adam Samuel uses Chemical Bonds to Store Renewable Energy

USC Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Adam Samuel is researching novel ways to store renewable energy more effectively and sustainably.

Air pollution surges as heatwave sweeps across Europe
Europe heal wave raising air pollution

Air pollution is spiking in Europe due to the unprecedented heat wave and raising ozone levels to unhealthy levels.

I drank recycled sewage to get a taste of southern California’s water future
Water Reclamation

LAist writer takes a personal journey into understanding the clean water reclamation process.

Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity?
Desalination process

Floating nuclear-powered vessels equipped with desalination systems could supply fresh water and energy.

Hydrogren Sulfide and Health Infographic
Hydrogren Sulfites infographics

Division of Environmental Health at USC developed an infographic to illustrate the health effects of hydrogen sulfide from urban oil drilling.

Rampant wildfires once led to global mass extinction
Mass extinction fires

Los Angeles Times quotes David Bottjer of USC Dornsife on what the Permian-Triassic mass extinction can teach us.

Developing a zero-carbon method for processing iron ore
Sara Spear Iron Ore sustainability

USC Ph.D. student Sara Spears shares her experience studying sustainable alternatives for making iron and steel.

EV demand is so hot that Tesla owners are flipping their cars like houses
Electric Vehicle flipping

Lawrence Harris of the USC Marshall School explains how consumers are taking advantage of opportunities.

High heat, heavy smog, a deadly combo
Air pollution study in US News & World Report

Keck School of Medicine researchers reveal extreme heat and air pollution is not sustainable and lethal to human life.